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2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$26,080 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,978 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Religious Studies School for You

Religious Studies is the #137 most popular major in California with 90 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Religious Studies Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for religion students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Religious Studies Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Religious Studies

$14,645 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Davis the best value school in California for religious studies students. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC Davis are $14,645 a year.

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$14,417 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Santa Barbara is a great value for religious studies students. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSB are $14,417 per year.

UCSB also claimed a spot on our Best Religious Studies Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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$13,754 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Riverside is a great value for religious studies students. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCR are $13,754 per year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great value for religious studies students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

USC undergraduate students pay an average of $61,503 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Religious Studies Schools in California list.

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Best Value Religious Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Religious Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2
Oregon 0
Hawaii 7

One of 3 majors within the area of study, religious studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Religion

Related Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 1,220
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 106
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 41

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos.

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